Channel 4's Bake Off episodes will be 75 mins long

Channel 4's acquisition of The Great British Bake Off has already given us new hosts and a new judge, and now it's giving us a longer runtime too, with each Bake Off episode now lasting a total of 75 minutes.

Not that this means we'll be seeing more cakes, tarts and delicious treats, mind, as the extra 15 minutes is there to allow time for ad breaks without getting rid of any important baking or sitting-in-front-of-an-oven scenes.

So this longer runtime is just a means of sticking to that promise and not cutting out any of the series' content – and, if we're honest, we're quite pleased we'll get some time to make a cup of tea and calm ourselves down between challenges too.

"As a completely mediocre baker myself, but lover of all things spongey and tarty, I am really looking forward to another Extra Slice and all the fun and frolics that brings," Jo said.

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This makes Jo Brand and Paul Hollywood the only BBC legacies on Channel 4's Bake Off programming, as the series' former stars Mary Berry, Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins all decided not to go with the show when it made the channel jump.